Micrelytrinae Explained

The Micrelytrinae^[1] are a subfamily of true bugs in the family Alydidae, based on the type genus Micrelytra Laporte, 1833. Genera are recorded from the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Tribes and Genera

The Coreoidea Species File^[2] lists three tribes:

Leptocorisini

Auth.: Stål, 1872 (synonym Leptocorisaria Stål)

• Bloeteocoris Ahmad, 1965
• Grypocephalus Hsiao, 1963
• Leptocorisa Latreille, 1829
• Mutusca Stål, 1866
• Stenocoris Burmeister, 1839

Micrelytrini

Auth.: Stål, 1868

• Acestra Dallas, 1852
• Anacestra Hsiao, 1964
• Bactrocoris Kormilev, 1953
• Bactrodosoma Stål, 1860
• Bactrophya Breddin, 1901
• Bactrophyamixia Brailovsky, 1991
• Calamocoris Breddin, 1901
• Cydamus Stål, 1860
• Darmistus Stål, 1860
• Dulichius Stål, 1866
• Esperanza Barber, 1906
• Eudarmistus Breddin, 1903
• Longicoris Ahmad, 1968
• Marcius Stål, 1865
• Micrelytra Laporte, 1833 (monotypic type genus)
• Paramarcius Hsiao, 1964
• Paraplesius Scott, 1874
• Protenor Stål, 1868
• Slateria Ahmad, 1965
• Stachyolobus Stål, 1871
• Trachelium Herrich-Schäffer, 1850
• Tuberculiformia Ahmad, 1967

Noliphini

Auth.: Ahmad, 1965

• Cosmoleptus Stål, 1873
• Lyrnessus Stål, 1862
• Noliphus Stål, 1859
• †Orthriocorisa Scudder, 1890

Notes and References

1. Stål C (1868[1867]) Öfvers.K.VetenskAkad.Förh.Stockholm 24(7): 542.
2. http://coreoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1186515 Coreoidea Species File: subfamily Micrelytrinae Stål, 1868 (retrieved 20 April 2020)